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New Holland’s Single‐Pass Cut and Chip Coppice Harvester

Cellulosic Supply Chains for BioenergyPenn State Short CourseNovember 11th, 2010

Drew Lewis – CNH Innovation

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Woody biomass ‐ collection

CNH – New Holland Coppice Header Experiences

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Traditional options for woody biomass harvesting

• Combine harvesting and chipping in same operation for greater efficiency

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CNH – New Holland’s 130FB Coppice Header

High speed video of cutterhead

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CNH first started with wood crops in 2003/4 working with Dr Volk SUNY ‐ EFS

SUNY testing NH FX45 & modified Kemper 2004

SUNY testing NH FX45 & CRL testing 2005

SUNY testing NH FX45 & modified Kemper 2005


Continued working with SUNY and CRL in 2006 and 2007


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Woody biomass – collectionCNH’s logical options

New Holland FR 9000 series forage harvester

Case IH 7000 series Austoft® Cane Harvester


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CNH Sugar cane gearbox2 fast rotating knives (cut stems) - 3000 RPM2 slow rotation feeding towers (center stems) - variable 0-168 RPM1 paddle roll (lift stems) – 250 RPM2 grab/feed rollers (pull and feed stems) – 350 RPM maxHydrostatic drive (in cab speed setting)

Did the prototype work the first time out in the field?

FB130 in Willow

FB130 in Poplar

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Public demo Oregon, March 09

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Demo New York, March 09•Lyonsdale power station, NY•19Mw burning 750 tons chips/day

First customer exposure

• UK 2009

• FR 9090 with 130 FB

• Willow 5‐8 cm (3 yrs) (3.2 inches dia.)

• Willow 9‐13 cm (6 yrs) (5.2 inches dia.)

First customer feedback•‘We have harvested fields that we were not able to harvest 2 years ago with our previous machine’

•‘I have cut more acres of willows in three weeks than in a whole season with my previous headers’

•‘The std FR 9090 was eating trees of 12cm diameter and 10m high!!’ (4.8 inches dia. / 30ft height)

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Observed maximum performance data:• 2 hectares per hour (logistics critical) (5.2 ac/hr)• 10 hectares per 8 hour day (typical average over

3 weeks in UK) (26 acres/8 hrs)•120 tons of harvested green wood chips per hour• trees up to 15 cm in diameter (6 inches)•45 semis per 8 hours (@ 22tons/ld)

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Features

•The drives are all hydraulic/hydrostatic. The speeds of the individual components (knives, feeding towers, feed rollers) can be adjusted independently and from the operator seat.

•The cutting angle of the header is adjusted.

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•Better wood chip quality – clean cut and no dirt

FR 9000 Coppice Header 13O FB • Max . stem Diameter: 12‐15 cm (willow, poplar)

•Cutting length (2*6 knives): 8‐66 mm

•Cutting length (2*8 knives): 6‐33 mm

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FR 9000 Coppice Header 13O FB

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Biomass Collection for Energy

Corn StoverCorn Cobs

Switchgrass

MiscanthusCane / Energy Sorghum

Short Rotation Willow

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Miscanthus

Switchgrass

Sweet Sorghum ‐ TN

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Switchgrass Activities

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CNH Single Pass Activities

Single Pass Baling – Corn Stover

The ultimate clean, renewable energy driven transportation?

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CNH Biomass Update

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